[redhead]

"Also, Sean Hannity calls this whole (non)story Tasergate and I agree, the emphasis should be on the crime this clown committed, not that he is a trooper."

There are actually TWO stories here. The TROOPER, Wooten, is Gov. Palin's ex-brother in law, and the individual who tasered his stepson and threatened the life of Gov. Palin's father ("I'll put a bullet in him."). He is still a Trooper.

WALT MONEGAN was the head of the Troopers, and HE was asked to step down because he interfered in the Wooten case, refusing to investigate Wooten's history of abuse. Monegan was NOT fired, merely asked to transfer away from the Troopers. He ALSO has a history of domestic abuse. There were some other "good ol' boy" in-your-face Monegan did to defy the Governor and ignore her orders. He is still whining and complaining to the Democrat media.

[Eska]

I just wish all the outsiders could see how Palin got to where she's at; on her own integrity. Remember how old Murkowsky came after her after her primary Lt Gov run. I was surprised that she didn't screw the repubs for what they did to her; she didn't burn her bridges; pretty smart thinking actually, way ahead of Obama on that note.

Oh ya, I was supposed to tell ya Elliot got a moose up this way a week or so back; downriver on the Kandic.

[supercat]

Monegan was NOT fired, merely asked to transfer away from the Troopers. He ALSO has a history of domestic abuse.

IIRC, according to some other articles on FR, he insisted upon taking a junket to DC when Gov. Palin told him not to, and he used the junket to solicit support for a program that Gov. Palin had vetoed. The governor has the authority to require that a person in Monegan's position not try to undermine her authority. That Monegan tried to undermine Gov. Palin is perfectly legitimate reason for his dismissal.